Collating device for typewriters anb adding eeachineg



J. A. WH ERRY COLLAT'JNG DEVICE FOR TYPEWRITERS AND ADDING MACHINES 1919 Z Sheets-Sheet 1 Original Filed May 5,-

March 18 1924. Re. 15,799 A J. A. WHERRY CODLA'IlNG DEVICE FOR TYPEWRITERS AND ADDING MACHINES Original Filed May S, 1919 3 SheetsSheet 2 March 18 192'4. Re. 15,799

J. A. WHERRY COLLATING DEVICE FOR TYPEWRIT'ERS AND ADDING MACHINES Original Filed May 5, 1.919 3 Sheets$heet 5 Reiaucd Mar. 18, 1924.

' UNITED STATES JOHN A. Y, 01 NEW ORLEANS, LOUIBIAKA, ASSIGNOB TO UNDER-WOOD TYPE-t Re. 15,799 PATENT OFFICE.

WRITER COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A. CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

COLLATING DEVICE FOR TYPEWBITEBS AID ADDING Original Io. 1,8,Q2, dated December. 9, 4919, Serial 110.894,!75, fled Kay 6,1919. Application for reissue filed Jane 4, 1991. Serial ll'o. 175,1529.

This invention relates to a collating device I for typewriters and adding machines, and

particularl to typewriting machines without the ad in features, wherein a revoluble platen is use for ledger posting and statement work.-

The invention is in the nature of an im-' rovement on, the invention disclosed in my atent No. 1,336,453 dated April '13, 19-20 (now Reissue Patent a 15, 1924).

he primary object of the invention resides in the provision of a collating device on which the working sheets ma be assembled or collated and carried to t e printing position on the typewriter or adding machine without disarrangement.

More particularl in mechanismof the character mentione an object of the invention is the provision of means for effecting relative and independent movementto sheetholding position of a plurality of clamps, between which, in the. collating operation, the ed of the sheets are sitioned and secure and for independentl holding such clamps in their released an effective positions.

Another object of the invention is thev provision of means for the simultaneous release, and automatic locking ,in released position, of a pluralit of clamps which are independently actua 1e from such released position to clampin position. and between which clamps, the s eets, or certain of the same, may be interposed and held; that is to say, interposed in the sense that the edge of one sheet, when beneath the clamp which actually holds the same, overlies another of the clamps. It is an object of' he invention to provide the foregoing clamp-actuating "and holding means in connection with;

clamps which, in the releasing operation, are

No. 15,747, dated J anustandards 2 and. 3, whichare Figure 3 is an end elevation showing both of the sheet clamps raised.

Figure 4 is a similar elevation showingthe under sheet clamp lowered. Figure 5 is an elevation showing both of the'clan'ips lowered.

Figure 6 is a sectional view showing both of the clamps raised.

Figure 7 is a sectional view showing the under clam lowered.

"Figure 8 1s a sectional view showing both of the clamps lowered.

Figure 9 1s a view looking at one of the brackets'with the clamps shown in section to more clearlydistinguish the same.

As in the invention disclosed in the abovereferred to'patent, the device includesaboard 1, which is supported on the inner carria of the typewriting or addin machine y ient from the material of the board itself. A pair of brackets 4 are secured on the front faces of the collating board 1, adjustably by thumb screws 5, which screws extend through slots 6 in the board whereby the brackets may be moved to or away from each other.

On each:

ofthese brackets 4 an angular sheet clamp 7 is mounted for movement to and away from the board 1, the sheet clamps being held in position on the brackets by screws 8, which extend through slots 9 in the vertical webs of the. sheet clamps. A rotary rod 10 is mounted on the rear of the board in brackets 11' and sleeves 12 aremounted on the ends of this rod 10. These sleeves are adaptedto rotate and to slide lon 'tudinally of the red, but are capable of eing held against relative .rotative movement by thumb screws 13, which are mounted in the sleeves and project into a slot 14 in the rod. Thus, as in'the above-referred to, patent, the

sleeves may have either relative rotative movement on the rod, or may beiprevented from having such movement, but permitted to have relative lon itudinal movement by adjustment of the t umb screws 13. The

springs encircle the rod .10 and are se-.

cured to the thumb screws 13 and at their other ends to thumb screws 16 carried by the rod and normally tend to move the sleeves toward each other and'to rotate the same on the rod. Arms '17 project from the sleeves and are in the form of bell cran 12 through slots 18 in the collatin boarfd1 eac havin a straight portion 19, which erigages in a i'agonally disposed slot 20 in the vertical web of the un I jecting bill 24 which is ada ted to extend the platen 30.

is mounted on this into an openin in the boar "1 to prevent the rotation o the rod 10 under the influence of the spring 24. A lock nut 25 t umb screw 23 and is so located that it will prevent the bill of the thumb screw from projecting beyond the working face of the board *1 and will also prevent the entire withdrawal of the thumb screw from .the rod.

Secured to the brackets 4 by screws 26, are springs 27, which tend to cause the uniform movement of the ends of the sheet clam in members 7 toward the face of the boar rojecting downwa'rdl from the brackets 4 are feed arms 28,. aving feed rollers 29 thereon, which operate against A second or upper sheet clamping member 31 is associated with each of the sheet clamping members 7. Thisa per sheet clamping mounted on the s set clampi member is of an lar orm and is slidably members 7, bei guided in its movement y screws 32 whiifii project through slots 33 in the vertical web of the same. This vertical web is also provided with slots 34 for the, accommodation of the. heads of the screws 8 on- 'which the sheet clamping member 7 o crates. Sprirags 35,wh1ch are secured to t e brackets 4 an roject .throu h openings in the vertical we of the s t clam ing member-s31, normall tend to move ese members toward the; rd. I

Slides 36 are mounted on the brackets 4 by means of set screws 37, which project through slots 38 in the slides, thus permit-1 er sheet clamp 7, which slots have notches 21 therein for the engagetends throu h a similar diagonally arranged slot 43 in t e clampin member '31. Each of theseslots is provided with a notch 44 forthe reception of the fingers, whereby when the fingers are engaged in the notches, and are held therein against accidental displacement by the pressure of the springs 35,

- the clam ing member will be maintained in its raise position, that is to say, in s aced relation to the board and .to the lower c amping member. It will be noted that the vertical web of each of the upper clamping members 31 is cut awa at 45, to accommodate the end of the a jacent arm 17.

When the rock arm 17 is pressed upwardly it engages with the loop of the slide 36 and pushes said slide upwardly. The upward movement of the arm- 17 with this slide raises the sheet alining and clamping members 7 away from the board and the sheet alining and clamping members 31 away from the first-mentioned members 7. When the rock arms are raised in the above manner they engage in the notches 21, thus maintaining the upper and lower sheet alining and clampin members 7 in their raised positions. The plns 40 engage in the notches 44 and maintain the up r sheet alining and clamping members 31 in their raised positions. I A sheet of paper is inserted in the machine in the usual manner and turned up by the platen knob under the feed rollers 29. The work sheet passes under the brackets 4 and the-clamps 7 and 31. This work sheet is then alined at right angles with the printing position on the platen by abut-- ting said sheet against the under side of the vertical webs of the brackets 4. The feed rollers of thetypewriter are then released and the worksheet is held in position on the platen and .on the collating board by the feed rollers 29 of the collating board 1 l v .1

The second 'work-sheet fwith the carbon] aper is inserted around'the platen hand,

ut this second sheet does not. pass under;

the feed rollers 29. of the-.collating board.

Thissecond 1 sheet is placed beneath the sheet aliningand clamping'members 7, and

if ruled lines are --on the work-sheet it vis alined at rihtrmgles with the rint' osition of t e latenby forcing t and lines of the wor -sheet 'in line with one of the side edges of said members 7 and the work-sheet with the carbon paper firmly in place upon the first sheet inserted. Thethird work-sheet with the carbon paper is inserted in the same manner as thesecond, but this sheet is laced on top of the members 7 and brouglit in proger position with the second. work-sheet an the side edges are abutted against the vertical ortions of the members 7, whereby it is owered at right angles with the printing position of the t pewriter. The upper sheet alimng and c mpin members 31 are then lowered by pressing own on the slide 36 to release the same to the action of springs-35. Thusthe third sheet and carbon are clamped in place. The feed rollers of the typewriter are then. raised against the work-sheets, andhold them in proper position on theplaten. The rock arm 17 is then raised, which in turn raises the slide 36, whereby the sheet alining and clamping members 7 and 31 are raised against the action of the springs 24 and 35, thus "freeing the work-sheets. The vi'lork-sheets may then-be turned gown to t e roper rinting position on t e t ewrite si' by th platen knob, and the operh or may then proceed with the writing or printing. The work-sheets may be fed either upwardly or downwardly under the brackets 6 an the members 7 and 31.

After the writing or printing has been completed the feed rollers of the typewriter are owered fromthe work-sheets and the second and third sheets are moved f-romthe t pewriter and collating board. The first s eet. inserted, however, remains in its proper position on the typewriter and on the collating board, being held in this position by the feed rollers 29. This first sheet is generally used as a proof sheet. In other words all records that are printed or written on the second and third sheets are recorded on the proof sheets. I

Variations may scope of the invention, and portions of the im rovements may be used without others. aving thus described my invention, I claim:

v1. A collatin device including a, board,

superimposed s eet clamping and alining members arranged on the upper side of the board, and means for raising said members from the. board.

be resorted to within the ten mg per members toward the lower members, and means for raising the lower members from the board.

4. A collating device including a board, brackets mounted on the board, means for adjusting the brackets toward and away from each other, upper and lower sheet clamping and-alining members supported by said brackets, means normally tending to move thevlower members toward the board, means tending to move the upper members toward the lower members, and means for raisin the lower members from the board.

5. E collating device including a board, brackets mounted on the board, upper and lower sheet clam ing and alinin members supported by sai brackets, resilient means normally tending tomove the lower members toward the board, means tending to move the upper members toward the lower ,members, and means for raising the lower members from the board.

6. A collating device including'a board, brackets mounted on the board, upper and lower sheet clamping and alining members supported by. said rackets, each member including a sheet-clamping portion and a sheet-gaging portion, means normally tendmg to move the lower members toward.

the board, means tending to move the upper members toward the lower members, means for raising the up r members from the lower members, an means for raising the lower members from the board.

7. A collating device. including a board, brackets mounted on the board, upper and lower sheet cl'ampin and alinin supported by said Erackets', eac member including a sheet-clamping portion and a sheet-gagmg portion, means normally tend,- ing to' move the lower members toward the board, means tending to move the upper members toward the lower members, means for raisin the lower members from the board, an means for maintaining the lower members in their raised ositions. V

8. A collating device including a board, brackets mounted on the board, upper and lower sheet clamping and alinin members supported by said rackets, eac' member including a 'sheetrclamping portion and 'a sheet-gaging portion, means normally tending .to move the lower members toward members to move the lower members toward the board, means tending to move the upmembers.

9. A collating device including a board, upper and lower sheet clamping and alining members, each including a sheet-clampin portion and a sheet-gaging portion, an means for raising the lower members from the board, and for simultaneouslyraising the upper members from the lower members.

10. A collating device including a board,

upper and lower sheet clamping and alining members, each including a sheet-clamping portion and a sheet-gaging portion, and means for raising the lower members from the board and for simultaneously raising the upper members from the lower members, said means being operative to permit the independent lowering of the upper and lower members. I

11. A collating device including aboard, upper and lower sheet clamping and alining members, each including a sheet-clamping portion and a sheet-gaging portion,

means for raising the lower members from the board and for simultaneously raising the upper members from the lower members, said means being operative to permit the independent lowering of the up er and lower members, and means for owering,

ihe upper-sheet clamping and alining memers.

12. A collating device including aboard, upper and lower sheet clamping and alining members, means for raising the lower members from the board and for simultaneously raising the upper members from the lower members, said means being operative to permit the independent lowering of the upper and lower members, and resilient means for lowering the upper sheet clamping and alining members.

13. A collating device including a board, upper and lower sheet clamping and sliming members, means for raising the lower members from the board and for simultaneously raising the upper members from the lower members, and means for independently maintaining the upper and lower members in their raised positions, said means being operative to permit the independent lowering of the upper and lower members.

14. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen; a collating board; means for clamping a sheet to the board; means for clamping to the board a sheet superposed upon the first-mentioned sheet and clamp; said clamps projecting into the sheetfield of the board from the same side thereof; means. for supportingthe clamps independently of each other; means for moving the clamps successively, the clamp for the lower sheet forward and independent of the other, to their effective positions, in which the clamp first set is interposed, as aforesaid, between the edge of the' sheet held thereby and the edge of the sheet held by the clamp next set; mechanism in connection with the clamps for releasing the same, and means for determining a released position of the first-mentioned clamp in which it remains projected into'the sheet-field substantially parallel to the board.

15. In a typewritin machine, in combination, a platen; a co lating board; means for clamping a sheet to the board; means for clamping to the board a sheet superposed upon the first-mentioned sheet and clamp; said clamps projecting into the sheet-field of the board from the same side thereof; a sheet side-edge-gaging device for supporting the clamps independently of each other and with provision for right line movement toward and from the collating board; means for moving the clamps successively, the clamp for the lower sheet forward and independent of the other, to their efiective positions, in which the clamp first set is interposed, as aforesaid, between the edge of the sheet held thereby and the edge of the sheet held by the clamp next set; mechanism in connection with the clam s for releasing tlie same, and means foretermining a released position of the first-mentioned clamp in which it remains projected intov the sheet-field substantially parallel to the board.

16. In a typewritin machine, in combination, a platen; a co lating board; means for clamplng a sheet to the board; means for clamping to the board a sheet superposed upon the first-mentioned sheetand clamp; means for moving the clamps succes sively and independently of each other to their effective positions, in which the clamp first set is interposed, as aforesaid, between the edge of the sheet held thereby and the edge of the sheet held by the clamp next set; and means for effecting a differential movement of the clamps from the board, simultaneously to release the same.

17. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen; a collating board; means for clamping a sheet to the board; means for clamping to the board a sheet superposed upon the first-mentioned sheet and clamp; means for moving the clamps successively and independently of each other to their effective positions, in which the clamp first set is interposed, as aforesaid, between the ed e of the sheet held thereby and the edge of t 1e sheet held by the clamp next set; means for effecting a'diflercntial move- 18. In a typewritin machine, in combination, a platen; a co ating board; means for clamping a sheet to the board; means for clamping to the board a sheet superposed upon the first-mentioned sheet an clam said clamps projecting into the sheet-fie d of the board from the same side thereof; resilient means for movin cessivel and inde endent y of each other from t eir norma released,

first set is interposed, as aforesaid, between the edge of the sheet held thereby and the edgeof. the sheet held by the clamp next set; means for manually controlling the action of the resilient clamp-actuating means; and means for releasing the clamps, without withdrawal of the same from between the sheets.

19. In a ty writing machine, in combination, a p aten; a collating board; aair of sheet-clamps, one acting against the oard to hold a sheet thereto, and the other acting against the first, to cause a second sheet, su rposed on the first sheet, to be gripped tween the two clamps; means for moving theclamps, successively and independently to sheet-clampin osition; and

mechanism in connection wit t e clamps for simultaneously separating the clamps, one from the other, and from the board, to release the sheets.

20. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen; a collating board; a pair of sheet-clam 5, one .acting against the board to'hold a s eet thereto, and,,the. .other acting against the first, ,to cause a second sheet,

superposed onthe first sheet, to be gripped between-the two clamps; means for moving,

the clamps to sheet-clamping position; means for se aratin the clamps, one from the other, and from %he board, to release the sheets; and means for. holding the clamps in their respective released positions. V

21. In" a typewriting machine, in com bination, a platen; a collating board; a pair of thin, flat sheet-clam 8, one acting against the board to hold a s eet thereto, and the other acting against the first, to cause a second sheet, superposed on. the first sheet, to

the clainps sucositions to' their effective positions, in whic the clamp be gripped between the two clam s; means for movin the clamps, successive y and independentfy to sheet-clamping position; and mechanism in connection with the clam for separating the clamps, one from t e other, and from the'board, to release the sheets.

22. In a typewritin bination, a platen; a co lating board; a pair of sheet-clamps, one acting a ainst the board to hold a sheet thereto, an the other act"- ing against the first, to cause a second machine, in coin sheet, superposed on the first sheet, to be gripped between the two clamps; means for moving the clamps, successively and independently to sheet-clamping position; and means for simultaneously efiecting a slight, translato lift of the clam 5, one from the other, an from the boar to release the sheets; the clamps remaining in the sheetfield, with the first clam interposed between the two sheets, in t e released posi tion.v

23. A collating device includinga table and superimposed sheet-clampin members arranged on the sheet-guiding side of the table and movable therefrom, each of saidmembersbeing provided with a side-edge gage for a sheet to be set over such member.

24. A collating device including a table and superimposed sheet-clamping members arranged on the sheetuiding side of the ST. CLAIR ADA-MS, J. N. SWING. 

